PhysicsHOW DO I DO THIS? A daredevil is shot out of a cannon at 45.0° to the horizontal with an initial speed of 28.0 m/s. A net is positioned a horizontal distance of 51.0 m from the cannon. At what height above the cannon should the net be placed in order to catch the daredevil?
September 30, 2010

MathTeaneck High had an enrollment of 11040 in 1985 and an enrollment of 12100 in year 1998. What is the predicted enrollment of Teaneck High in 2014 if we assume a linear model?
September 24, 2010

Biology (muscle response)Suppose you are asleep and the doorbell rings. You stumble to your feet and move toward the door, open it and speek with your visitor. Think of the many changes occurring in your body as you awaken and respond. How does the three types of muscle tissue help? I'm having ...
August 14, 2010

GeometryI;m so lost with these questiona. Any help will be appreciated. 1. Find the area of a square if one side measures 27 centimeters. 2. Exactly how many cubic inches of air can a fully inflated basketball hold if its radius is 4.2 inches? Use Pi 3. How many cubic centimeters can ...
July 21, 2010

PhysicsFind the height from which you would have to drop a ball so that it would have a speed of 6.4 m/s just before it hits the ground.
July 1, 2010

PhysicsA hypothesis says the upper limit in frequency a human ear can hear can be determined by the diameter of the eardrum, which should have approximately the same diameter as the wavelength at the upper limit. Using the hypothesis what would be the radius of the eardrumfor a ...
February 21, 2010

Pre-Calc (Follow-up with Bob Pursley)For the below problem, I solved it as you suggested and got k=.0486 When I did 300,000 = 122,000e^.0486t I got about 18.5 years for when the sewer system would need to be updated. Next, for how many people will the new system have to accommodate for the system to last 15 years...
January 10, 2010

pre-calcThe city planners of bakersfield, CA are studying the current and future needs of the city. The sewage system they have in place now can support 300,000 residents. The current population of the city is 180,000, up from 122,000 eight years ago. Assuming that the population will...
January 8, 2010

mathFarmer Brown had ducks and cows. One day she noticed that the animals had a total of 12 heads and 32 feet. How many of the animals were ducks and how many were cows?
March 16, 2009

alegbraFirst find the slope, by using y2-y1/x2-x1,and then plug in either one of the ordered pairs into y=mx+b, to find b,the y-intercept. then plug in the slope for m and the y-intercept for b, and youve got it!
March 16, 2009

mathwhich of the following represents a change from 32 to 40? a- an increase of 20% b- an increase of 25% c- an increase of 8% d- a decrease of 20% i dont want to know the answer to the question i would just like to know how to solve it. please help! thank you!!
August 11, 2008

EconFor d) the text this question is from uses the formula i(home)=i(foreign)+[E(expected)+E]/E. Assuming the question is just meant to recall knowledge of the formula from earlier in the chapter: i(foreign) = (1/E)-1 and expected depreciation = 0.1.
July 21, 2008

AlgebraSolve the problem. A rectangle with width 2x + 5 inches has an area of 2x4 + 9x3 - 12x2 - 79x - 60 square inches. Write a polynomial that represents its length. I got x^3+2x^2-11x-12 inches. is this correct? I used long division.
October 15, 2007

Algebraplease help me with this question and check my answers. Solve the problem. A rectangle with width 2x + 5 inches has an area of 2x4 + 9x3 - 12x2 - 79x - 60 square inches. Write a polynomial that represents its length. ( I dont know how to solve this problem) Use synthetic ...
October 15, 2007

mathmath you mow 1/3 of a lawn, and your sister mows 2/5 of the lawn. what is the area of the entire lawn? what is the length of the section left to mow? From 30 ft by width & 121 ft (1/3 in one box , 2/5 in the second box, what is the ft in the third box?
September 17, 2007

Social StudiesI need a table about Silver mining rise during the last five years. PLEASE post me where I can find a DECENT one. Thanks Maddy It looks as if what you need to do is learn how to conduct thorough and effective searches for yourself. That's what research is. You are ...
May 11, 2007

biologyWhat chemical fuel powers all cell activities? Since this is not my area of expertise, I searched Google under the key words "cell metabolism chemical" to get these possible sources: http://www.answers.com/topic/cell-metabolism I hope this helps. Thanks for asking.
February 28, 2007

Math coin riddle need help pleaseI have 56 coins consisting of nickels and quarters. The total value of the coins is $5.60. How many of each coin do I have? Algebra to the rescue... NN is number of nickles ND is the number of quarters. NN*.05 + ND*.25=$5.60 but NN + ND=56 two equations, two unknowns, solve. ...
August 31, 2005